Monthly Archives: December 2012

Dec 14

Iowa maps switching to two-year schedule

The Sioux City Journal says it will start in fiscal 2015, so the first likely will be 2015-16. I am currently neutral on this change. Iowa is not on a torrid construction pace at the moment, so there will be fewer yearly … Continue reading

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Dec 13

20,654: A retrospective, Part 3

Photo #20,000: IA 10 becomes SD 46 north of Hawarden, July 20, 2012. The 20,000th photo stored in my archive came during a trip to northwestern Iowa, to travel IA 60 for a third time and clinch the few remaining … Continue reading

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Dec 13

The 2001 keelhauling continues

Oh, for Pete (Taylor)’s sake. For the first time, the NCAA on Tuesday named the top 75 All-Time March Madness Players, 25 All-Time March Madness Teams and 35 All-Time Madness Moments as part of the season-long celebration of 75 Years … Continue reading

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Dec 12

Ruthven-Ayrshire, Graettinger-Terril in sharing talks

From the Spencer Daily Reporter. Note that Emmetsburg may also be in the mix. This would be another part in a substantial shift in school arrangements in northwest/north-central Iowa since the beginning of the decade. Semi-related from two months ago: The … Continue reading

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Dec 12

I-49 designated in Missouri

Aug. 8, 2010: This BGS south of Joplin is one of the many signs and assemblies that had to be changed to include Interstate 49. Clinching the state just got another wrinkle for me. As of this minute, there’s another … Continue reading

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Dec 11

Semi-official IA 330 extension date

I had been told that the signs for extending of IA 330 from US 65/IA 117 to I-80 would be installed by Monday. There were no changes to the south end Friday evening, so Monday seems like a good day … Continue reading

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Dec 11

20,654: A retrospective, Part 2

Photo #7500: Parliament Building in Ottawa, June 26, 2007 The second half of the 2000s was my most prolific photographic period, evidenced by my racking up 5000 photos in 26 months — doubling the collection. This included my second and … Continue reading

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Dec 10

20,654: A retrospective, Part 1

My family got a relatively early start on the digital camera age. There are 900×1200 photos taken from 2000 and 2001, although we mostly used film at the time. The first photos I took specifically for a website date to … Continue reading

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Dec 09

NU High to be torn down

Add this as an imminent entry to my Iowa schools timeline: The Board of Regents approved the demolition of Price Lab School (except the gym, which is less than 20 years old). The UNI website has a history of the … Continue reading

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Dec 08

A notable change

KLTI-FM (104.1) in Des Moines is a Christmas music station this year. KDAT-FM (104.5) and KCVM (93.5, formerly 96.1) are still “holiday” music. What hasn’t been dialed down, though, is the start date. I had heard all three versions of … Continue reading

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